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      • November 1989 (Revised November 2002)
      • Case

      American Dream, The

      By: Donald A. Brown, William J. Poorvu and Richard E Crum
      Explores the process of purchasing a single family house through the eyes of a young couple. The couple is trying to determine what type of home to buy as well as how to finance it. View Details
      Keywords: Personal Finance; Financing and Loans; Decisions; Real Estate Industry
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      Brown, Donald A., William J. Poorvu, and Richard E Crum. "American Dream, The." Harvard Business School Case 390-089, November 1989. (Revised November 2002.)
      • September 1989
      • Background Note

      Performance Curves: Costs, Prices, and Value

      By: Robert J. Dolan and Benson P. Shapiro
      Explains the concept of a family of performance curves. The most well known is the price/performance curve relating the prices of items in a product line to their performance. Also discusses the cost/performance curve and its impact on product positioning, product line... View Details
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Price; Product Positioning; Performance; Competition; Value
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      Dolan, Robert J., and Benson P. Shapiro. "Performance Curves: Costs, Prices, and Value." Harvard Business School Background Note 590-010, September 1989.
      • September 1989
      • Case

      Steve Shirley

      By: Shoshana Zuboff
      Traces the career development of a well-known British entrepreneur who, as a young girl, was forced to flee the Nazi's occupation of Central Europe. Details her early work experiences in the heavily male dominated workplace of post-war Britain and follows the... View Details
      Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Great Britain
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      Zuboff, Shoshana. "Steve Shirley." Harvard Business School Case 490-004, September 1989.
      • December 1988 (Revised March 1990)
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      Karen Vincent and Zodiac Corp.

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
      Keywords: Family Business; Production; Management; Performance Improvement; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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      Stevenson, Howard H. "Karen Vincent and Zodiac Corp." Harvard Business School Case 389-078, December 1988. (Revised March 1990.)
      • August 1986 (Revised February 1991)
      • Supplement

      Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh, Video

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Population Services International, a not-for-profit agency founded to promote family planning information and to market birth control products, had an agreement with the government of Bangladesh to conduct a social marketing program using modern marketing techniques to... View Details
      Keywords: Social Marketing; Health; Advertising; Marketing; Nonprofit Organizations; Government and Politics; Agreements and Arrangements; Health Industry; Bangladesh
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 887-506, August 1986. (Revised February 1991.)
      • September 1985 (Revised July 2007)
      • Case

      Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Population Services International (PSI) was a not-for-profit agency founded to disseminate family planning information and to market birth control products, primarily in less developed countries seeking to curb their population explosions. In 1976, PSI concluded an... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Business and Government Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Bangladesh
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh." Harvard Business School Case 586-013, September 1985. (Revised July 2007.)
      • 01 Jan 1980
      • Conference Presentation

      The Impact of Public and Private Institutional Policies on Families: The Work Place

      By: R. M. Kanter and A. R. Cohen
      Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Policy
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      Kanter, R. M., and A. R. Cohen. "The Impact of Public and Private Institutional Policies on Families: The Work Place." Paper presented at the White House Conference on Families, Washington, DC, January 01, 1980.
      • January 1978
      • Article

      Families, Family Processes, and Economic Life

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Family and Family Relationships
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      Kanter, R. M. "Families, Family Processes, and Economic Life." Supplementary Issue. American Journal of Sociology 82 (January 1978). (Also in Turning Points: Historical and Sociological Essays on the Family, edited by S. Boocock and J. Demos. University of Chicago Press, 1978.)
      • 1977
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      Work and Family in the United States: A Critical Review and Policy Agenda

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Policy; Information; United States
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      Kanter, R. M. Work and Family in the United States: A Critical Review and Policy Agenda. Social Science Frontiers. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1977. (Reprintings: Chapters 1-3 in Family Business Review (featured classic), vol. 2, spring 1989, pp. 77-114.)
      • 17 Jun 1977
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      Working and Loving America: Work Systems as a Source of Constraints on Families

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Labor; United States
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      Kanter, R. M. "Working and Loving America: Work Systems as a Source of Constraints on Families." Paper presented at the Smithsonian International Symposium, Washington, DC, June 17, 1977. (Published as "Jobs and Families: Impact of Working Roles on Family Life." Children Today (HEW Children's Bureau of Publication), vol. 7 (March-April 1978), pp. 11-16. Reprintings include: Structure and Process: Readings for Introductory Sociology, edited by R.A. Peterson and C.A. Vaughan. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1985; The Adult Years: Continuity and Change. College Park, Md: International University Consortium, 1984; new edition, 1992.)
      • December 1976 (Revised September 1980)
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      Drug Fair, Inc. (A)

      By: John P. Kotter and Leonard A. Schlesinger
      Keywords: Family Business; Management Succession
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      Kotter, John P., and Leonard A. Schlesinger. "Drug Fair, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 477-063, December 1976. (Revised September 1980.)
      • 01 Sep 1974
      • Conference Presentation

      Coupling, Parenting, and the Presence of Others: Intimate Relationships in Communal Households

      By: R. M. Kanter, D. K. Weisberg and D. T. Jaffe
      Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Society
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      Kanter, R. M., D. K. Weisberg, and D. T. Jaffe. "Coupling, Parenting, and the Presence of Others: Intimate Relationships in Communal Households." Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Montreal, September 01, 1974. (Also presented at the 1974 meetings of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, pp. 433-52 (with D.K. Weisberg and D.T. Jaffe). Reprinted in Family Relationships, edited G.K. Phelen. Minneapolis: Burgess, 1978.)
      • 01 Apr 1974
      • Conference Presentation

      Urban Communes and Family History

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Civil Society or Community; Urban Scope
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      Kanter, R. M. "Urban Communes and Family History." Paper presented at the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Denver, April 01, 1974. (Published as "Roots versus Restlessness: Cooperative Households, The City, and Recurrent Issues in American Family Life." Massachusetts Review 17 (summer 1976):331-53.)
      • 1 Aug 1972
      • Conference Presentation

      Communes, The Family and Sex Roles

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Civil Society or Community; Family and Family Relationships; Gender
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      Kanter, R. M. "Communes, The Family and Sex Roles." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 01, 1972. (Also in Communes: Creating and Managing the Collective Life, edited by R.M. Kanter N.Y.: Harper and Row, 1973.)
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      Demystifying the Family Enterprise

      By: Christina R. Wing

      This course is primarily designed for students who are pursuing a career in family run businesses, family owned businesses, investment roles in family offices, or students that might invest in or wholly purchase a family owned business through a private equity firm,... View Details

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      Families in Business

      By: Christina R. Wing

      Like every company, family businesses must strive for growth amidst fierce competition, an evolving marketplace, and demanding customers. But family businesses also face a unique set of challenges and opportunities. In this Executive Education program, participants... View Details

      • Forthcoming
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      Happily Ever After: Immigration, Natives' Marriage and Fertility

      By: Michela Carlana and Marco Tabellini
      We study the effects of immigration on natives’ marriage, fertility, and family formation across U.S. cities between 1910 and 1930. Using a shift-share design, we find that natives living in cities that received more immigrants were more likely to marry, have children,... View Details
      Keywords: Immigration; Demographics; History; Employment
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      Carlana, Michela, and Marco Tabellini. "Happily Ever After: Immigration, Natives' Marriage and Fertility." Journal of Economic History (forthcoming). (Winner of European Economic Association Young Economist Award, 2018. Featured in HBS Working Knowledge.)
      • Research Summary

      Managing Multiple Identities at Work

      By: Lakshmi Ramarajan
      Peoples’ work identities, which are often a deep source of meaning for them, may conflict with or complement cultural, familial, or personal identities they value. A central focus of Professor Ramarajan’s work is understanding, on the individual level, how these... View Details
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      Negotiation

      By: Alison Wood Brooks

      Negotiation is an Elective Curriculum course for HBS MBA students. Success at work and at home requires the ability to negotiate. Whether you are forging an agreement with your suppliers, trying to ink a deal with potential customers, raising money from investors,... View Details

      • Forthcoming
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      On the Economic Origins of Concerns Over Women’s Chastity

      By: Anke Becker
      This paper studies the origins and function of customs and norms that intend to keep women from being promiscuous. Using large-scale survey data from more than 100 countries, I test the anthropological theory that a particular form of preindustrial... View Details
      Keywords: Infibulation; Female Sexuality; Paternity Uncertainty; Concern About Women's Chastity; Pastoralism; Economic Anthropology; History; Gender; Social Issues; Culture
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      Becker, Anke. "On the Economic Origins of Concerns Over Women’s Chastity." Review of Economic Studies (forthcoming). (Pre-published online August 26, 2024.)
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